Maa Tujhe Salaam...

Vande Maataram (1997)

Salutations to thee, Divine Mother!

Mother Goddess, the World and India.

Its better to light a candle than curse the darkness....

(a) Diya (b) Tara Hussey - my honored teammate

(c) Jason Cooney - my honored hero (d) The run...

Associative Nostalgia : Friends ....

Courtesy: Rockford (1999)



Like someone said, "Friends are the flowers in the garden of life".

Innocence....

Sea World, San Diego, USA - April 2007

Enthusiasm, Innocence, Exuberance.

The Road to Ithaca....

Ganeshgudi, India; December 2006


Below are some extracts from the masterpiece by Kavafis:

When you leave for Ithaca,
may your journey be long
and full of adventures and knowledge.

Do not be afraid of Laestrigones, Cyclopes
or furious Poseidon;
you won't come across them on your way
if you don't carry them in your soul,
if your soul does not put them in front of your steps.

I hope your road is long.
May there be many a summer morning,
and may the pleasure of seeing the first ports
bring you great joy.
Try to visit the markets of Phoenicia
and buy the very best.
Go to the cities of Egypt
and learn from a people with so much to teach.

Don't lose sight of Ithaca,
for that's your destination.
But take your time;
better that the journey lasts many a year
and that your boat only drops anchor on the island
when you have grown rich
with what you learned on the way.

Don't expect Ithaca to give you many riches.
Ithaca has already given you a fine voyage;
without Ithaca you would never have parted.
Ithaca gave you everything and can give you no more.

If in the end you think that Ithaca is poor,
don't think that she has cheated you.
Because you have grown wise and lived an intense life,
and that's the meaning of Ithaca.

(Courtesy)

Learning to fly....

Dallas, USA; December 2003

For most gulls, it is not flying that matters, but eating.

(from Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach)

Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya....

Courtesy: www.google.com

Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya....

It is better to light a candle than curse the darkness.

There is not enough darkness in the world to extinguish the light of one small candle.

The Bridge Across Forever....

San Francisco, USA; February 2006.

Where the mountains and the seas meet....

"We are the bridge across forever, arching above the sea, adventuring for our pleasure, living mysteries for the fun of it, choosing disasters, triumphs, challenges, impossible odds, testing ourselves over and over again, learning love, love and LOVE".

(Richard Bach)

Texas A& M University, College Station....

College Station, TX, USA; December 2003

A simple thank you for everything.

A home away from home from August 2003 - March 2006.

Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder.

Salutations to you - my dear beloved alma mater.

Gig ' Em Aggies and Whoop!!!

Tranquility....

Backwaters of Allepey, India, December 2004

The romance of twilight.

The bliss of tranquility.

The reflections of self.

(Di/Con)vergence???

Frankfurt, Germany; December 2004

Why do two persons come so dangerously close ...

only to shockingly diverge?

The divergence, more so, not because of physical separation;

But due to the loss of respect, liking, face, whatever.

Not necessarily relationships of a romantic nature.

Even the best of friends fall prey to this universal phenomenon.

People change, and we change too.

Guru Dutt to Waheeda Rahman (from Kaaghaz Ke Phool):

Do log ek doosre ko itna accha kyun jaante hain?

(Why do two persons know each other very well?)

The Long and Winding Road....

Arkansas, USA; May 2004

Where would the journey lead to?

What is the final destination?

My dear friend, the journey is more important and ...

rewarding than the final destination itself!!

PS: This post is dedicated to the Beatles.

Hope....

College Station, TX, USA; April 2005

The dull, cold, hazy, winters give way to the lovely springtime.

Can anything be sweeter than hope?

Just as the flower blooms in its pristine glory despite the dense suffocating vegetation around, Hope blooms despite everything to provide the very basis for life.

A photoblog....

Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya, on the occasion of its first anniversary, brings to its readers "Vande Maataram" - a photoblog.

This is meant to be a journey - spanning across the years: and will include my schools, alma maters, India, and the world. The spirit of Tamaso Ma Jyotir Gamaya will be imbibed in this new attempt of the chronicles of a wandering pilgrim with photos.

This blog is dedicated to the feminine face of God who provides life to us in all of her different manifestations.